The Republican Party belongs to Donald Trump. He is the Big Boss. Cross him, and you will be punished. Just ask Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who earned the president’s wrath by supporting the release of the Epstein files, opposing tax cuts for the rich in the “Big Beautiful Bill” and criticizing the president’s failed war of choice against Iran. In retaliation, Trump endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein in the party’s May 19 primary.
Soon after, a pro-Trump super PAC called “MAGA Kentucky” targeted Massie with an artificial intelligence-generated video suggesting the Kentucky Republican was involved in a romantic “throuple” with Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, both members of the progressive group informally known as “the Squad.”
